Islamic financial industry has come a long way during its short history. The future of these institutions, however, will depend on how they cope with the rapidly changing financial world. With globalization and informational technology revolution, scopes of different financial institutions have expanded beyond national jurisdictions. As a result, the financial sector in particular has beco…
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act proved to be an arduous process for many public companies, yet these requirements cover only a slice of the total risks facing businesses. A much wider range of factors − including strategic, operations, and compliance risks − lies outside of the financial reporting and internal controls areas of Section 404. Any of the wide spectrum of business ri…
Providing good and safe drinking-water is world-wide considered to be a fundamental political issue for public health protection, and must be the primary objective of water supply systems. Drinking-water quality control has currently been based on detection of pathogens and toxic concentrations of chemicals by means of monitoring programs and compliance with national or international guidel…
The meaning of the term “risk” must be understood clearly for effective project risk management. In the context of a project, we are concerned about potential impacts on project objectives such as cost and time. A general definition of “risk” in this context is: Risk is an uncertainty that matters; it can affect project objectives negatively or positively. The uncertainty may be about…
This document provides information to Project Managers, project teams, and staff involved directly or indirectly with project risk management. It provides: Uniformity in project risk management activities. • Techniques and tools for project risk management. • Data requirements for risk analysis input and output. • The project risk management role in overall project management. • Guidan…
A better understanding of risk management processes and practices within a government agency is crucial for enhancing the project delivery process and for implementing formally risk management. This chapter outlines the whole implementation process carried out with the risk management team formed from different functional units and backgrounds. In addition, a discussion is held over the cri…
The goal of this study is to comprehend the impact of risk management on project performance. Further it aims to investigate the degree of diffusion of risk management practice in Brazilian companies. The methodological approach involves a survey of 415 projects at different levels of complexity in different industrial sectors in several states of Brazil. The results demonstrate that adoptin…
This is not your father's risk management book-it is not your conventional treatment of project risk management. Rather than treating project risk as a narrow project and task-specific, "process" issue, risk is seen here as the outcome of bad project selection, bad business planning, and bad company-wide culture. Readers will experience a refreshing new perspective on project risk that cen…
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Teaching strategic management classes can be a very difficult challenge for professors. In most business schools, strategic management is a “capstone” course that requires students to draw on insights from various functional courses they have completed (such as marketing, finance, and accounting) to understand how top executives make the strategic decisions that drive whether organizati…
The effect of the financial crisis on enterprise risk management (ERM) disclosures was examined through a content analysis of the 2007 and 2008 annual reports of Canadian financial corporations listed on the S&P TSX Composite Index. Fourteen types of risk were tracked and categorized by level of risk exposure, risk consequence and risk management disclosures. We found very minor changes in …
The development of an enterprise risk management (ERM) program enables companies to manage corporate risks in a holistic manner as opposed to the silo-based perspective in traditional risk management frameworks. One main question in this regard is what factors drive the implementation of an ERM system in companies and whether ERM programs can actually create value once implemented. This pa- per…